Port profile · GBWTB
Whitby
Whitby is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBWTB. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Whitby offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Whitby
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Whitby and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Whitby offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Whitby, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Whitby
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ScarboroughUnited Kingdom · GBSCA
- TeesUnited Kingdom · GBTEE
- BridlingtonUnited Kingdom · GBBRT
- HartlepoolUnited Kingdom · GBHTP
- HowdendykeUnited Kingdom · GBHDD
- SeahamUnited Kingdom · GBSEA
- HullUnited Kingdom · GBHUL
- New HollandUnited Kingdom · GBNHO
Questions about Whitby
What is the UN/LOCODE of Whitby?
The UN/LOCODE of Whitby is GBWTB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Whitby?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Whitby as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Whitby?
Yes. Whitby offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Whitby a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Whitby.
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